Resident Evil Game Timeline

The Resident Evil franchise has become so big that it can be kind of daunting to try and follow. This post is created to put the franchise in order for those interested to know the full story. Resident Evil, also known as Biohazard, is a Japanese horror video game series and media franchise created by Capcom. The franchise follows people trying to survive outbreaks of zombies and other monsters created mainly by the pharmaceutical company Umbrella Corporation.

Resident Evil 0 (1998)

Covering the ordeals experienced in the Arklay Mountains by special force unit, the STARS Bravo Team, the story follows officer Rebecca Chambers and convicted criminal Billy Coen as they explore an abandoned training facility for employees of the pharmaceutical company Umbrella.


Resident Evil / Resident Evil Remake

The plot follows Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, members of an elite task force known as S.T.A.R.S., as they investigate the outskirts of Raccoon City following the disappearance of their team members. They soon become trapped in a mansion infested with zombies and other monsters. 


Resident Evil 2 / Resident Evil 2 Remake

The plot follows a rookie police Leon S. Kennedy and a college student and Chris Redfield’s sister Claire Redfield, who must escape Raccoon City after its citizens are transformed into zombies by a biological weapon called the t-virus. The two must escape the Raccoon City police station while protecting a small girl named Sherry Birkin.


Resident Evil Outbreak

The story follows the perspectives of eight survivors during the zombie plague in Raccoon City. It is set during the same general time period as Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis.


Resident Evil 3: Nemesis / Resident Evil 3

Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed during the Spencer incident. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis, targeting the STARS agents related to the Spencer incident. To survive, Jill is forced to cooperate with Carlos Oliveira, a stranded Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service mercenary.


Resident Evil Code Veronica

It follows Claire Redfield and her brother Chris Redfield in their efforts to survive a viral outbreak at a remote prison island called Rockport Island.


Resident Evil 4

U.S. government special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. president’s daughter Ashley Graham, who has been kidnapped by a bioterrorist cult – Los Illuminados. In a rural part of Europe, Leon fights hordes of villagers infected by a mind-controlling parasite and reunites with the spy Ada Wong.


Resident Evil: Revelations

The story follows Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance agent Jill Valentine and a Federal Bioterrorism Commission (FBC) agent named Parker Luciani, aboard a derelict cruise ship.


Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmare DLC

The DLC follows BSAA agents Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield who track down the founder of the Umbrella Corporation: Oswell E. Spencer.


Resident Evil 5

Set 11 years after Resident Evil the story involves an investigation of a terrorist threat by Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance agents Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar in Kijuju, a fictional region of Africa, involving illegal bioweapon deals by TRICELL Inc.


Resident Evil 5: Desperate Escape DLC

While Chris and Sheva fight alongside each other, Desperate Escape follows Jill Valentine and another BSAA agent Josh Stone as they fight to escape the TRICELL facility.


Resident Evil: Revelations 2

The story follows Terra Save operative Claire Redfield and Barry Burton’s daughter Moira Burton, are kidnapped from a party and taken to a desolate island. The two soon discover that the island is run by Alex Wesker, Albert Wesker’s sister. The story also follows Barry Burton who ventures to said island to rescue his daughter.


Umbrella Corps

It follows an agent codenamed 3A-7 who is a member of a private military company known as Blue Umbrella, a reformed Umbrella Corporation. He is sent on missions to test out new equipment, and once the testing is successful, his superiors try to kill him by sending him on more dangerous missions.


Resident Evil 6

The story follows Bio-terrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA) agents Chris Redfield and Piers Nivans, Division of Security Operations (DSO) agent Leon S. Kennedy and United States Secret Service agent Helena Harper, DSO agent Sherry Birkin and Jake Muller (the illegitimate son of late bio-terrorist Albert Wesker), and Ada Wong as they confront the force behind a worldwide bio-terrorist attack.


Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

The plot follows Ethan Winters as he searches for his wife, Mia, in a derelict plantation occupied by an infected family, known as the Baker family.


Resident Evil Village

Follows Ethan Winters, who searches for his kidnapped daughter in a village filled with mutant creatures.

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